FILE–Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors reacts to a play by teammate Andrew Wiggins #22 throughout the first quarter in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Enviornment on February 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Photographs/AFP
Stephen Curry scored 34 factors to surpass 20,000 for his profession and added 9 rebounds because the visiting Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 113-102 on Thursday evening.
Jordan Poole had 21 factors, Klay Thompson and Jonathan Kuminga scored 18 apiece and Kevon Looney had 10 for Golden State, which salvaged the finale of the four-game season sequence in opposition to the Nuggets.
The Warriors have gained two in a row since dropping 131-124 at Denver on Monday, once they rested Curry, Thompson and Andrew Wiggins.
Nikola Jokic completed with 23 factors, 12 rebounds and 9 assists and Monte Morris scored 19 factors for the Nuggets, who had gained 10 of their earlier 11 video games. Jeff Inexperienced had 11 factors, Aaron Gordon amassed 10 factors and 11 rebounds and Bones Hyland additionally scored 10.
Steph Curry went off for twenty-four factors within the second-half to guide the @warriors to the win whereas additionally passing the 20,000 profession factors mark! #DubNation@StephenCurry30: 34 PTS, 9 REB, 2 STL, 5 3PM pic.twitter.com/WbKdD63l7U
— NBA (@NBA) March 11, 2022
The Warriors opened the fourth quarter on an 8-3 run to guide 96-87 earlier than Denver rallied.
Morris and Jokic every made two baskets in an 8-0 surge that tied the sport at 98. Thompson missed a 13-footer on the opposite finish, and Morris hit a jumper to provide the Nuggets a two-point lead. Curry then made three inside pictures round two free throws by Gordon to place Golden State forward 104-102 with 1:59 left.
Denver turned the ball over on two straight possessions and Poole hit two 3-pointers to seal the result.
Poole’s layup early within the second quarter gave Golden State a 35-32 lead, however the Nuggets responded with 15 consecutive factors to go forward by 12.
“That is what the NBA is all about, our followers are all the things”
Stephen Curry on assembly a ten 12 months outdated @warriors fan earlier than tonight’s sport. pic.twitter.com/nT0zs8xSnK
— NBA (@NBA) March 11, 2022
Thompson scored 5 factors in a 9-0 run that pulled the Warriors to inside a degree, however Denver scored the final eight factors of the quarter to guide 60-51 at halftime.
The Nuggets went forward 72-58 on a layup by Austin Rivers, however then Golden State bought going.
Moses Moody and Curry transformed three-point performs and Kuminga hit a 3-pointer to chop the deficit in half. Inexperienced’s three-point play bought the lead again to 10, however Curry drained a 3-pointer and made a layup, Kuminga hit a financial institution shot and two free throws and Curry sank two foul pictures to make it 80-78.
DeMarcus Cousins’ free throw and dunk bought the lead again to a few earlier than Curry hit two 3-pointers — the second of which gave him 20,000 profession factors — to finish the third on an 8-1 run to guide 88-84 heading into the fourth.
Curry is the forty ninth participant in NBA historical past to attain 20,000 factors. He ended the evening with 20,006.
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